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Henry III married, on 14 January, 1236, at Canterbury Cathedral, Kent:

Eleanor

She was the daughter of Raymond Berenger V, Count of Provence, by Beatrice, daughter of Thomas I, Count of Savoy; her sister Sanchia later married Henry’s brother Richard. Eleanor was born between 1217 and 1226, perhaps in c.1223, at Aix-en-Provence, France, and was crowned Queen Consort on 19/20 January, 1236, at Westminster Abbey. She became a nun on 7 July, 1284, at Amesbury Abbey, Wiltshire. She died on 24/25 June, 1291, at Amesbury Abbey, and was buried there.

Issue of marriage:

1   Edward I( see here).

2   Margaret(under Alexander III, King of Scotland, see here).

3   Beatrice

She was born on 25 June, 1242, at Bordeaux, Gascony. She married John de Montfort of Dreux, Earl of Richmond, afterwards John II, Duke of Brittany (1239–1305), on 22 January, 1260, at the Abbey of St Denis, Paris, and had issue:

1  Arthur II, Duke of Brittany (1262–1312); he married firstly Beatrice (1260–1291), daughter of Guy VI, Viscount of Limoges, and had issue. He married secondly Yolande, daughter of Robert IV, Count of Dreux, and widow of Alexander III, King of Scotland, and had issue.

2  John, Earl of Richmond (1266?–1334).

3  Peter, Count of Léon ( d.1312).

4  Mary (1268–1339); she married Guy de Châtillon, Count of St Pol, and had issue.

5  Eleanor or Alice (1274–1329?); she became a nun at Amesbury Abbey, Wiltshire, and later Abbess of Fontevrault, France.

6  Blanche ( d.1327); she married Philip, Count of Artois, Lord of Conches and Domfront ( d.1298), and had issue.

7  Henry ( d. young, 1284).

Beatrice died on 24 March, 1275, in London; she was perhaps buried in Reading Abbey, Berkshire, and probably removed later to Greyfriars Church, Newgate, London. Her tomb was lost during the Reformation.

4   Edmund

Known as ‘Crouchback’, he was born on 16 January, 1245, in London. He was nominated King of Sicily by the Pope on 7 January, 1254, but deprived of that kingdom in 1263. He was created Earl of Leicester on 26 October, 1265, and Earl of Lancaster on 30 June, 1267. He became Count of Champagne and Brie in right of his second wife in 1276. Edmund died on 5 June, 1296, at Bayonne, and was buried in Westminster Abbey.

Edmund married firstly, on 8/9 April, 1269, in the newly-rebuilt Westminster Abbey:

Aveline

She was the daughter of William de Forz or Fortibus, 6th Earl of Aumale, by Isabella, daughter of Baldwin de Redvers, 7th Earl of Devon. She was born on 20 January, 1259, at Burstwick, Yorkshire, and succeeded her brother as Countess of Aumale before 6 April, 1269. She died on 10 November, 1274, at Stockwell, Surrey, and was buried in Westminster Abbey; hers was the first tomb in the new church. There was no issue of her marriage to Edmund.

Edmund married secondly, in January (before 3 February), 1276, or between 27 July and 29 October, 1276 (although no evidence exists as to where):

Blanche

She was the daughter of Robert I, Count of Artois, by Matilda, daughter of Henry II, Duke of Brabant, and she was born around c.1245/50. She married firstly Henry I, King of Navarre and Count of Champagne ( d.1274), in 1269, and had issue:

1  Joan, Queen of Navarre (1273–1305); she married Philip IV, King of France (1268–1314), and had issue, including Isabella, wife of Edward II.

2  Theobald ( d.young).

Blanche died on 2 May, 1302, in Paris, and was probably buried in the Minoresses Convent, Aldgate, London.

Issue of marriage:

(i)

Thomas

He was born around 1277/80. He became Earl of Lincoln in right of his wife on or before 28 October, 1294. He succeeded his father as Earl of Lancaster and Leicester on 8 September, 1298. He was styled Earl Ferrers (Derby) from 1301. He renounced the earldom of Lincoln when he divorced his wife in

c

.1318. Thomas was executed on 22 March, 1322, at Pontefract, Yorkshire, by order of Edward II. He was buried in the Priory of St John at Pontefract.

Thomas married, on or before 28 October, 1294 (?), or perhaps as late as

c.

1310 (although no record exists as to where):

Alice

She was the daughter of Henry de Lacy, 3rd Earl of Lincoln, by Margaret, daughter of Sir William Longespee of Amesbury, Wiltshire, a descendant of Henry II. Alice was born on 25 December, 1281, probably at Denbigh Castle, Denbighshire, and succeeded her father as Countess of Lincoln on 5 February, 1311; she succeeded her mother as Countess of Salisbury before 20 September, 1311. Lancaster divorced her in

c

.1318 on account of her adultery with the Earl of Surrey’s squire, Sir Eubulo Lestraunge, whom she married as her second husband before 10 November, 1324. Eubulo died in 1335. Alice married thirdly Hugh de Freyne, Baron Freyne (

d.

1336/7), before 23 March, 1336. She died on 2 October, 1348, and was buried in Barlings Abbey, Birling, Kent. She had no issue from any of her marriages.

(ii)

Henry

He was born in

c

.1281 at Grosmont Castle, Monmouthshire. He was restored to the earldom of Leicester on 29 March, 1324, two years after his brother’s execution for treason, and styled Earl of Lancaster from 26 October, 1326, being restored formally to that earldom on 3 February, 1327. He succeeded his brother John as Lord of Beaufort and Nogent in France in 1336 (?). Henry died on 22 September, 1345, at Leicester, and was buried in Newark Abbey, Leicester.

Henry married, before 2 March, 1297 (although no evidence exists as to where):

Matilda

She was the daughter of Sir Patrick de Chaworth of Kidwelly, by Isabella, daughter of William de Beauchamp, 1st Earl of Warwick. She was born in 1282 or 1288, and died before 3 December, 1322, being buried at Mottisfont Priory.

Issue of marriage:

(a)

Henry

He was born between 1299 and 1314 at Grosmont Castle, Monmouthshire. He was created Earl of Derby on 16 March, 1337, and succeeded his father as Earl of Lancaster, Earl of Leicester and Lord of Beaufort and Nogent on 22 September, 1345. He was made a Knight of the Garter in 1348, created Earl of Lincoln on 20 August, 1349, and created Duke of Lancaster on 6 March, 1351. He was created Earl of Moray on 5 April, 1359, but never so styled. Henry died on 23/24 March, 1361, at Leicester Castle of the Black Death (bubonic plague), and was buried in Newark Abbey, Leicester.

Henry married, in

c.

1334/7 (although no record exists as to where):

Isabella

She was the daughter of Henry, 1st Baron de Beaumont and Earl of Buchan, by Alice, daughter of Sir Alexander Comyn. She died in 1361 at Leicester of the Black Death (bubonic plague), and was buried in Newark Abbey, Leicester.

Issue of marriage:

(i)

Matilda

She was born on 4 April,

c.

1339 or 1341. She married firstly Ralph de Stafford (

d

.1347/9) on 1 November, 1344. She married secondly William V, Duke of Bavaria, Count of Holland, Hainault and Zeeland (1327–1389), in 1352 at the King’s Chapel in the Palace of Westminster. She succeeded her father as Countess of Leicester on 23 March, 1361, but died on 10 April, 1362, in England, of the Black Death (bubonic plague) (although some sources say she was poisoned).

(ii)

Blanche

She married John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster (under Edward III,

see here

).

(b)

Blanche

She was born in

c

.1305, and married Thomas Wake, 2nd Baron Wake of Liddell (

d

.1349) before 9 October, 1316. She died on 10 July, 1380, and was buried in the Church of the Friars Minor, Stamford, Lines.

(c)

Matilda

She was born in

c

.1310. She married firstly William de Burgh, 3rd Earl of Ulster (1312–1333), after 1 May, 1327 (date of dispensation), and before 1330, and had issue:

1  Elizabeth; she married Lionel of Antwerp, Duke of Clarence (under Edward III,

see here

).

Matilda married secondly Ralph de Ufford (

d

.1346) before 8 August, 1343, and had issue:

2  Matilda (

d

.1413); she married Thomas de Vere, 8th Earl of Oxford (1336?–1371), and had issue.

Matilda became an Augustinian Canoness at Campsey Abbey, Suffolk (?), between 8 August, 1347, and 25 April,

1348; she transferred to the Poor Clares at Bruisyard Abbey, Suffolk (?), in 1364. She died before 5 May, 1377, at Campsey Abbey, Suffolk (?), and was buried in Bruisyard Abbey, Suffolk.

(d)

Joan

She was born in

c

.1312. She married John, 3rd Baron Mowbray, Lord of Axholme, Bramber and Gower (1310–1361), after 28 February, 1327, and had issue:

1  John, 4th Baron Mowbray (1340–killed 1368); he married Elizabeth (1338–by 1368), daughter of John, 4th Baron de Segrave, by Margaret, Duchess of Norfolk (under Edward I,

see here

), and had issue.

2  Blanche (

d

.1409); she either married John de Segrave of Folkestone (

d

.1349) and had issue, or married firstly Robert, Baron Bertram of Bothall (

d

.1363/4), secondly Thomas, Baron Poynings (

d

.1375), thirdly Sir John Worth (

d

.1391) and fourthly Sir John Wiltshire.

3  Eleanor (

d.c.

1387); she married firstly Roger, Baron de la Warre (1326–1370), and secondly Sir Lewis de Clifford (

d

.1404).

Joan died on 7 July, 1345 (?) or 1349 (?), and was buried in Byland Abbey, Yorkshire.

(e)

Isabella

She was born in

c

.1317, and perhaps married Henry de la Dale in her youth. She became a nun at Amesbury Abbey, Wiltshire, before 6 April, 1337, and was elected Prioress of Amesbury before 23 March, 1344. She died after 1 February, 1347.

(f)

Eleanor

She was born in

c.

1318. She married firstly John, 2nd Baron de Beaumont (

d

.1342), before June, 1337, and had issue:

1  Henry, 3rd Baron de Beaumont (1340–1369); he married Margaret (

d

.1398), daughter of John de Vere, 7th Earl of Oxford, and had issue.

2  Joan (

d

. after 1400).

Eleanor married secondly Richard FitzAlan, 10th Earl of Arundel (1306/13–1376), on 5 February, 1345, at Ditton

Church, Stoke Poges, Bucks., and had issue:

3  Edmund (

c

.1346–

c

.1366).

4  Joan (

c

.1347–1419); she married Humphrey de Bohun, Earl of Hereford, Essex and Northampton (1342–1373), and had issue, including Mary, wife of Henry IV, and Eleanor, wife of Thomas, Duke of Gloucester (under Edward III,

see here

).

5  Richard, 11th Earl of Arundel (

c

.1348–executed 1397); he married firstly Elizabeth (

d

.1385), daughter of William de Bohun, Earl of Northampton, and had issue, and secondly Philippa Mortimer (under Edward III,

see here

).

6  Alice (

c

.1350–1414/16); she married Thomas Holland, 1st Earl of Kent (

c

.1355–1397), son of Joan, Princess of Wales (under Edward III,

see here

), and had issue, including Eleanor, Countess of March (under Edward III,

see here

).

7  John, Baron of Arundel (

c

.1351–drowned 1379); he married Eleanor (1346?–1405), daughter of Sir John Maltravers, and had issue.

8  Thomas, Archbishop of Canterbury (1353–1414).

9  Mary.

10  Eleanor (

c

.1354/6–before 1366).

Eleanor died on 11 January, 1372, at Arundel Castle, Sussex, and was buried in Lewes Priory, Sussex.

(g)

Mary

She was born around 1320/21. She married firstly Henry Percy, 3rd Baron of Alnwick (1322?–1368), in

c

.September, 1334, at Tutbury Castle, and had issue:

1  Henry, 1st Earl of Northumberland (1341–1408); he married Matilda (

d

.1372), daughter of Ralph, Baron Neville of Raby, and had issue. He married secondly Matilda (

d

.1398), daughter of Thomas, Baron Lucy of Cockermouth.

2  Thomas, Earl of Worcester (1344?–executed 1403). Had illegitimate issue.

3  Mary (

b

.1360); she married John, Baron Ros of Helmsley.

Mary died on 1/2 September, 1362, and was buried at Alnwick, Northumberland.

Henry, Earl of Lancaster, married secondly, after 1322 (although no evidence exists as to where):

Alice

She was the daughter of John de Joinville, Seneschal of Champagne, by Alice, daughter of Gautier, Seigneur de Risnel. She married firstly John, Seigneur of Arcis-sur-Aube and Chacenay (

d.

by 1307). Nothing more is known of her.

(iii)

John

He was born before May, 1286, and became Lord of Beaufort and Nogent-Lartauld on the death of his mother in May, 1302. He died unmarried in

c.

1327 (?) or 1336 (certainly by 1337) in France.

(iv)

Mary

No dates are recorded. She died young, in France.

5   Richard

He was born in c.1247, and died before 1256. He was buried in Westminster Abbey.

6   John

He was born in c.1250 at Windsor Castle, and died before 1256. He was buried in Westminster Abbey.

7   William

He was born in c.1250/51, and died either at birth or in 1256. He was buried in the New Church of the Knights Templars, Fleet Street, London.

8   Katherine

She was born on 25 November, 1252/3, at the Palace of Westminster. A mute child, she died on 3 May, 1257, at Windsor Castle, and was buried in Westminster Abbey.

9   Henry

No dates are recorded. He died young, and was buried in Westminster Abbey.

HENRY III

He died on 16 November, 1272, at the Palace of Westminster, and was buried in Westminster Abbey.

He was succeeded by his son Edward.

Edward I

FATHER: Henry III( see here).

MOTHER: Eleanor of Provence(under Henry III, see here).

SIBLINGS: (under Henry III, see here).

EDWARD I

Known as ‘Longshanks’ and ‘the Lawgiver’, he was born on 17/18 June, 1239, at the Palace of Westminster. He was created Duke of Gascony in 1254, and Earl of Chester on 14 February, 1254. He resigned the earldom of Chester on 24 December, 1264, but was restored to it on 4 August, 1265. He succeeded his father as King of England on 20 November, 1272, and was crowned on 19 August, 1274, at Westminster Abbey.

Edward I married firstly, between 13 and 31 October, 1254, at the Abbey of Las Huelgas, Burgos, Castile:

Eleanor

She was the daughter of Ferdinand III, King of Castile, by Joan, daughter of Simon of Dammartin, Count of Ponthieu and Aumale. Eleanor was born around 1244/5 in Castile. She was crowned Queen Consort on 19 August, 1274, at Westminster Abbey. She succeeded her mother as Countess of Ponthieu and Montreuil in March, 1279. Eleanor died on 28 November, 1290, at the manor of Harby, Notts., of a fever, and was buried in Westminster Abbey.

Issue of marriage:

1   Eleanor

She was born c.17 June, 1264 (or possibly as late as 1269, although the Issue Rolls of 1302 describe her as Edward’s eldest daughter), at Windsor Castle. She married firstly Alfonso III, King of Aragon ( d.1291), by proxy on 15 August, 1290, at Westminster Abbey. The marriage was not consummated because of the bridegroom’s early death. Eleanor married secondly Henry III, Count of Bar ( d.1302), on 20 September, 1293, at Bristol, and had issue:

1  Edward I, Count of Bar (1294–1337); he drowned in a shipwreck. He married Mary (1298һ c.1310), daughter of Robert, Duke of Burgundy, and had issue.

2  Joan (1295–1361); she married John de Warenne, Earl of Surrey (1286–1347), and had issue. She was divorced in 1315.

3  Eleanor (?); she is said to have married Llywelyn ap Owen of Deheubarth, and to have had issue, but this is doubtful.

Eleanor died on 12 October, 1298, at Ghent in Flanders, and was buried in Westminster Abbey.

2   Joan

She was born in the summer of 1265, either in Paris or perhaps at Abbeville, Ponthieu. She died before 7 September, 1265, in France, and was buried in Westminster Abbey.

3   John

He was born on 10 June or 10 July, 1266, either at Windsor Castle, or at Kenilworth Castle, Warwickshire, or at Winchester. He died on 1 or 3 August, 1271/2, at the Palace of Westminster, and was buried in Westminster Abbey.

4   Henry

He was born on 13 July, 1267/8, at Windsor Castle. He died on 14 October, 1274, either at Merton, Surrey, or at Guildford Castle, Surrey, and was buried in Westminster Abbey.

5   Alice

She is said to have been born at Woodstock Palace, Oxon., but the date of her birth is unknown. The Harleian MSS. say she died at the age of 12. Some historians have identified her with the child born to the King and Queen in March, 1279, but this cannot be correct, as that infant’s funeral at Westminster Abbey took place during the same year ( Isabella, below).

6   Juliana or Katherine

She was born in 1271 at Acre, Palestine, and died there on 28 May or 5 September, 1271. She is perhaps the daughter who is buried in the Church of the Friars Preachers, Bordeaux, Gascony.

7   Joan

She was born in Spring, 1272, at Acre, Palestine. She married firstly Gilbert de Clare, 3rd Earl of Gloucester and 7th Earl of Hertford (1243–1295), on 30 April, 1290, at Westminster Abbey, and had issue:

1  Gilbert, Earl of Gloucester and Hertford (1291–1314: killed at the Battle of Bannockburn); he married Matilda ( d.1320), daughter of Richard de Burgh, Earl of Ulster, and had issue.

2  Eleanor (1292–1337); she married firstly Hugh le Despenser (executed 1326), and had issue. She married secondly Sir William la Zouche de Mortimer of Ashby, Leics. ( d.1337).

3  Margaret (1293–1342); she married firstly Piers Gaveston, Earl of Cornwall (1284?–executed 1312), and had issue. She married secondly Hugh de Audley, Earl of Gloucester (1289?–1347), and had issue.

4  Elizabeth (1295–1360); she married firstly John de Burgh ( d.1313), and had issue. She married secondly Sir Theobald de Verdon of Alton, Staffs. (1278–1316), and had issue. She married thirdly Roger, Baron d’Amory ( d.1322), and had issue.

Joan married secondly Ralph, 1st Baron de Monthermer, Earl of Gloucester and Earl of Atholl ( d.1325), before July, 1297, and had issue:

5  Thomas, 2nd Baron Monthermer (1301–1340: killed at the Battle of Sluys); he married Margaret Teyes ( d.1349), and had issue.

6  Edward, 3rd Baron Monthermer (1304–1340).

7  Mary (1298–after 1371); she married Duncan, 10th Earl of Fife (1285–1353), and had issue.

8  Joan ( b.1299); a nun at Amesbury Abbey, Wilts.

Joan died on 23 April, 1307, at her manor of Clare, Suffolk, and was buried in the Priory Church of the Austin Friars, Clare, Suffolk.

8   Alfonso

He was born on 24 November, 1273, either at Bayonne or at Bordeaux, Gascony, or in Maine. He was perhaps designated Earl of Chester in 1284. He died on 14 or 19 August, 1284, at Windsor Castle, and was buried in Westminster Abbey.

9   Margaret

She was born on 11 September, 1275, at Windsor Castle. She married John II ‘the Peaceful’, Duke of Brabant ( d.1312), on 8 July, 1290, at Westminster Abbey, and had issue:

1  John III ‘the Triumphant’, Duke of Brabant (1300–1355); he married Mary ( d.1335), daughter of Louis of France, Count of Evreux, and had issue.

Margaret died in 1318, and was buried in the Collegiate Church of St Gudule, Brussels.

10   Berengaria or Berenice

She was born in 1276 at Kempton Palace, Surrey, and died between 1276 and 1279. She was buried in Westminster Abbey.

11   Mary

She was born on 11 March or 22 April, 1278, at Windsor Castle. She entered Amesbury Abbey, Wiltshire, as a novice in 1284, being there professed as a nun on 15 August, 1285. She died before 8 July, 1332, at Amesbury Abbey, where she was buried.

12   Isabella

She was born on 12 March, 1279, probably at Woodstock Palace, Oxon., or at Windsor Castle, or at Marlborough Castle, Wiltshire. She died in 1279, and was buried in Westminster Abbey.

13   Elizabeth

She was born in August, 1282, at Rhuddlan Castle, Flintshire, Wales. She married firstly John I, Count of Holland and Zeeland ( d.1299), on 18 January, 1296/7, at Ipswich Priory Church, Suffolk. She married secondly Humphrey de Bohun, 4th Earl of Hereford and Essex (1276?–1322), on 14 November, 1302, at Westminster Abbey, and had issue:

1

Hugh or Humphrey (1303?–1305).

2

Eleanor (1304–1363); she married firstly James Butler, 1st Earl of Ormonde (1305?–1338), and had issue. She married secondly Sir Thomas de Dagworth (1276–murdered 1350), and had issue.

3

Mary or Margaret (

b

.&

d

.1305).

4

John, Earl of Hereford and Essex (1306–1336); he married firstly Alice, daughter of Edmund FitzAlan, Earl of Arundel, and had issue, and secondly Margaret (

d.

after 1347), daughter of Ralph, Lord Bassett of Drayton.

5

Humphrey, Earl of Hereford and Essex (1309–1361).

6

William, Earl of Northampton (1310/12–1360); he married Elizabeth (1313–1356), daughter of Bartholemew de Badlesmere, and had issue.

7

Edward, twin of William (1310/12–drowned 1334); he married Margaret (

d

.1341), daughter of William, Baron de Ros.

8

Edmund; he married Matilda, daughter of Nicholas de Segrave,

Baron of Stowe.

9

Eneas (1313/15–before 1343).

10

Margaret (

d

.1391); she married Hugh de Courtenay, Earl of Devon (1303–1377), and had issue.

11

Isabella (

b

.&

d

.1316).

Elizabeth died on c.5 May, 1316 at Quendon, Essex, in childbirth, and was buried in Walden Abbey, Essex.

14   Edward II( see here).

15   Beatrice

She was born after August, 1286, either in Gascony or in Aquitaine. She died young.

16 Blanche

She was born in 1289/90, and died young.

Edward I married secondly, on 8 or 10 September, 1299, at Canterbury Cathedral, Kent:

Margaret

She was the daughter of Philip III, King of France, by Mary, daughter of Henry III, Duke of Brabant, and she was born around 1279/82 in Paris. Margaret was never crowned. She died on 14 February, 1317/18, at Marlborough Castle, Wiltshire, and was buried in Greyfriars Church, Newgate, London. Her tomb was lost during the Reformation.

Issue of marriage:

1   Thomas

He was born on 1 June, 1300, at Brotherton, Yorkshire, and was created Earl of Norfolk on 16 December, 1312. He died between 4 August and 20 September, 1338, and was buried in the Abbey of Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk.

Thomas married firstly, between c.1316 and 1320 (although no evidence exists as to where):

Alice

She was the daughter of Sir Roger Halys or Hales of Harwich, Essex. She died after 8 May, 1326, and before 1330.

Issue of marriage:

(i)

Edward

He was born in

c

.1319/20, and died before 13 September, 1337, perhaps in 1332 (?).

Edward married, in May/June, 1328 (although no evidence exists as to where):

Beatrice

She was the daughter of Roger Mortimer, Earl of March, by Joan, daughter of Peter de Genville. After the death of Edward, she married secondly Thomas de Braose, Lord Brewes, in

c.

1334 (before 13 September, 1337), and had issue:

1  Beatrice; she married William de Say, Baron Say (1340–1375), and had issue.

2  John, a knight (

d.

1367); he married Elizabeth de Montacute.

3  Thomas, a knight (

d.

1395).

4  Peter.

5  Elizabeth.

6  Joan.

Beatrice died on 16 October, 1383.

(ii)

Margaret

Known as ‘Margaret Marshal’, as the Dukes of Norfolk have always held the office of Earl Marshal of England, she was born around 1320/22. She married firstly John de Segrave, 4th Baron de Segrave (1306 or 1315–1353), after 3 March, 1327, and probably in 1337/8, and had issue:

1  Elizabeth (1338–1375/6); she married John, 4th Baron Mowbray of Axholme, Lincs. (1340–killed 1368), and had issue.

2  Anne, Abbess of Barking (

d.c.

1377).

Margaret succeeded her father as Countess of Norfolk between August and 20 September, 1338. She married secondly Walter, 1st Baron de Mauny or Manny (

d.

1372), before 30 May, 1354, and had issue:

3  Thomas (drowned in infancy before 1371/2).

4  Anne (1354–1384); she married John Hastings, 2nd Earl of Pembroke (1347–1375), who had married previously Margaret, daughter of Edward III, and had issue.

Margaret was created Duchess of Norfolk for life on 29 September, 1397. She died on 24 March, 1399/1400, and was buried either in the Charterhouse, London, or in Greyfriars Church, Newgate, London.

(iii)

Alice

She was born in

c.

1324. She married Edward de Montacute,

1st Baron Montacute (

c

.1304–1361), before 16 January, 1339, and possibly before 29 August, 1338, and had issue:

1  Elizabeth (

b

.1344): she married either Walter de Ufford or Sir John de Braose (

d

.1367)

2  Margaret (

c

.1347–before 1351/2).

3  Joan (1349–1375); she married William de Ufford, 2nd Earl of Suffolk (1339?–1382), and had issue.

4  Matilda (

c.

1350–1394); a nun, later Abbess of Barking.

Alice died probably between 14 November, 1351, and 30 January, 1352 (certainly before 16 November, 1361), at Bungay, Suffolk, of wounds received as a result of an assault by her husband.

Thomas married secondly, in c.1328 (although no evidence exists as to where):

Mary

She was the daughter of Peter de Braose, and married firstly Ralph, Baron Cobham of Norfolk ( d.1326), by whom she had issue:

1 John (1324–after 1378), Baron Cobham.

Mary died on 9 June, 1362 (or between 17 April, 1361, and 20 June, 1362).

Issue of marriage:

   (i)   John

No dates are recorded. He was a monk at Ely Abbey, Cambs.

2  Edmund

He was born on 5 August, 1301, at Woodstock Palace, Oxon., and was created Earl of Kent on 28 July, 1321. He was probably styled Earl of Arundel as well, as he held the castle and honour of Arundel, but he was never formally so created. He was executed for supporting his brother, the deposed Edward II, by order of the Regents Mortimer and Queen Isabella, on 19 March, 1330, outside Winchester Castle, and he was buried in the Church of the Dominican Friars, Winchester. His remains were later removed to Westminster Abbey.

Edmund married, in December, 1325 (after 6 October, date of dispensation) (although no record exists as to where):

Margaret

She was the daughter of John Wake, 1st Baron Wake of Liddell, by Joan, daughter either of William de Fenes or of John FitzBernard of Kingsdown, Kent. Margaret was born around c.1299/1300. She married firstly John Comyn, Lord of Badenoch (killed 1314), and had issue:

1  Aymer ( d. young before 1316).

Margaret succeeded her brother as Baroness Wake of Liddell on 30/31 May, 1349, being first so styled on 20 August, 1349. She died on 29 September, 1349, of the Black Death.

Issue of marriage:

(i)

Edmund

He was born in

c

.1326, and was restored to the earldom of Kent, which had been forfeited by his father, on 7 December, 1330. He died before 5 October, 1331, or on 5 January, 1333 (?).

(ii)

Margaret

She was born in 1327. She married Amanco, Seigneur d’Albret of Gascony, and died before 1352.

(iii)

Joan

She married Edward of Woodstock, Prince of Wales (under Edward III,

see here

).

(iv)

John

He was born on 7 April, 1330, at Arundel Castle, Sussex, his father’s posthumous child. He succeeded his mother as Baron Wake of Liddell on 29 September, 1349. He was created Earl of Kent on 10 April, 1351. He died on 26/27 December, 1352, and was buried in the Church of the Greyfriars, Winchester, Hants.

John married, after 3 April, 1348 (date of dispensation) (although no evidence exists as to where):

Elizabeth

She was the daughter of William V, Margrave or Duke of Juliers, by Joan, daughter of William V, Count of Hainault and Holland, and sister of Philippa, wife of Edward III. After John’s death, Elizabeth married secondly Sir Eustace d’Aubédcicourt (

d

.1372/3) on 29 September, 1360, at Wingham Church, Kent, and had issue:

1  Sanchez.

2  William.

After Eustace died, Elizabeth became a nun at Waverley Abbey. She died on 6 June, 1411, and was buried in the Church of the

Greyfriars, Winchester, Hants. There was no issue of her first marriage.

Note: There is no contemporary evidence that the marriage of Edmund, Earl of Kent, and Margaret Wake produced two other sons, Robert and Thomas, who are mentioned in later sources.

3  Eleanor

She was born on 4 May, 1306, at Winchester. She died in 1311 at Amesbury Abbey, Wilts., and was buried in Beaulieu Abbey, Hants.

Edward I is reputed to have had the following illegitimate issue(according to the Hayles Abbey Chronicle), and while this is possible, it is still subject to some doubt:

By an unknown mother,

1  John Botetourt, Lord of Mendlesham, Suffolk ( c.1265–1324); he married Matilda, daughter of Thomas FitzOates, and had issue.

EDWARD I

He died on 7 July, 1307, at Burgh-on-Sands, Northumberland, and was buried in Westminster Abbey.

He was succeeded by his son Edward.

Edward II

FATHER: Edward I( see here).

MOTHER: Eleanor of Castile(under Edward I, see here).

SIBLINGS: (under Edward I, see here).

EDWARD II

He was born on 25 April, 1284, at Caernarvon Castle, Wales. He succeeded his mother as Count of Ponthieu and Montreuil on 28 November, 1290. He was created and invested as Earl of Chester and Prince of Wales on 7 February, 1301; he was the first English Prince of Wales, and since 1301 the title has usually been granted to the eldest son of the sovereign. The story of Edward being presented by his father to the Welsh on a shield, just after his birth in 1284, is a picturesque fabrication. He was created Duke of Aquitaine in May, 1306. He succeeded his father as King of England on 8 July, 1307, and was crowned on 24/25 February, 1308, in Westminster Abbey.

Edward II was deposed by an illegally convened ‘Parliament’ on 20 January, 1327, and formally abdicated in favour of his son Edward on 25 January, 1327.

Edward II married, on 25 or 28 January, 1308, at Boulogne Cathedral, France:

Isabella

She was the daughter of Philip IV, King of France, by Joan I, Queen of Navarre, daughter of Blanche of Artois (under Henry III, see here). Isabella was born around 1292/5 in Paris. She was crowned Queen Consort on 24/25 February, 1308, in Westminster Abbey. She was instrumental in plotting the deposition and murder of her husband, and after his abdication she shared the Regency with her lover, Roger Mortimer, Earl of March. When Edward III attained his majority in 1330, the regents were overthrown. Mortimer was executed, and Isabella allowed an honourable retirement from public life. She died on 22 August, 1358, either at Castle Rising, Norfolk, or at Hertford Castle, and was buried in Greyfriars Church, Newgate, London. Her tomb was lost during the Reformation.

Issue of marriage:

1   Edward III( see here).

2 John

He was born on c.15 or 25 August, 1316, at Eltham Palace, Kent, and was created Earl of Cornwall between 16 and 31 October, 1328. He died on 13 September, 1336, at Perth, Scotland, and was buried in Westminster Abbey.

3 Eleanor

She was born on 18 June, 1318, at Woodstock Palace, Oxon.; she married Reginald II, Count of Gueldres and Zutphen ( d.1343), in May, 1332, at Nimeguen, Gueldres, and had issue:

1  Reginald III, Count of Gueldres (1334–1371); he married Mary ( d.1398), daughter of John III, Duke of Brabant.

2  Edward, Count of Gueldres (1336–1371); he married Katherine ( d.1401), daughter of Albert, Duke of Holland and Hainault.

Eleanor may also have been the mother of the following, although it is more probable that they were the children of Reginald’s first wife, Sophia of Malines ( d.1329):